Never trust a barefoot poker player

Here's why you should never trust a barefoot player in poker. What you're looking at here is the sneaky toe-grip slip (a name we just made up) in action, demonstrated by two smooth criminals in 1910. "One man passes a card to another player with the card between his toes under the table, unbeknownst to the third player", the caption reads. And while we're not pointing the finger, the underlying assumption is that some cheating is going on here. We assume the photo is staged because you would probably look twice at a person who rocked up to a card game with no shoes. However, the photo was taken in balmy Cairns, Queensland, so maybe old mate was wearing weather-appropriate thongs and stealthily slipped one off to help out his mate. Either way, this photo is good justification for the strictly-enforced dress codes about closed-in shoes in casinos. [State Library of Brisbane]